Device for distinguishing error in medicine packing apparatus
US9701426B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 25, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B5/103
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An error identifying device of a tablet medicine packing apparatus is disclosed. The error identifying device according to an exemplary embodiment of the inventive concept, which is prepared below a plurality of tablet cassettes containing each different kind of tablet, includes a tablet assembly space where tablets discharged from at least a part of the plurality of the tablet cassettes assembles, an error detecting unit detecting whether the kind and the number of the tablets assembled in the tablet assembly space are in accordance with a prescription or not, a first path and a second path guiding the tablets assembled in the tablet assembly space into each different direction, and a path selecting unit guiding the tablets assembled in the tablet assembly space into the first path if the kind and the number of the tablets are in accordance with the prescription, if not, guiding the tablets assembled in the tablet assembly space into the second path.
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